To judge people that get items for free then sell on

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Youaretoosweetforme · 04/05/2024 16:49

On Vinted etc

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Peeeas · 04/05/2024 18:57

Charliebrow · 04/05/2024 17:58

To this people who don’t care what people do with items they’ve given away, why haven’t you just donated the item to charity?

Sometimes it's not stuff charity shops will take, e.g. tried to take perfectly good surplus pan set in and they made clear they'd just chuck it. Snapped up on Freecycle v quickly!

Peeeas · 04/05/2024 18:59

But I'm also in the camp of not really bothered what they do - I wasn't going to get round to selling it and my main motivation is keeping things out of landfill.

PurpleJustice · 04/05/2024 18:59

When I give things away, it's because I don't want them taking up space in my house anymore, not because I'm trying to save the world.

Selling usually takes longer and is more effort. If someone else wants to collect something and put the work in to sell it, good for them! It makes no difference to me.

Bushmillsbabe · 08/05/2024 12:34

PotatoPudding · 04/05/2024 18:51

If getting money for it gets them and their kids something they couldn’t have otherwise afforded, I don’t mind. It’s miserable being skint and unable to treat your kids.

Absolutely, if someone is doing this because they are desperate, then thats fine, it's still going to someone in need, just not quite in the way I thought it would.
But if someone is pretty much running a business on other people stuff then I think that's a bit cheeky.

Itloggedmeoutagain · 08/05/2024 12:46

Charliebrow · 04/05/2024 17:58

To this people who don’t care what people do with items they’ve given away, why haven’t you just donated the item to charity?

Because if i give it away on a free site the people taking it don't have to pay anything.
If i give it to a charity shop the people who want it have to pay for it. E.g. sofa in a charity shop £50. Sofa on a free site £0.
If that means they sell it on and buy something for their kids what difference does it make?

Babadook76 · 08/05/2024 12:46

Dacadactyl · 04/05/2024 17:55

I couldn't care less what people do with all the stuff I put on Olio etc.

It annoys me a lot more that people give away stuff for free "to help those less fortunate" just so that they can feel good about themselves for "helping the poor".

If im giving it away, it's cos I can't be bothered to sell it. Richard Branson himself could turn up to collect my old hoover and I'd still give it to him.

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Same. I hate those fb pages where you have to prove you’re completely on your arse. I’ve seen ones where admin have genuinely gone round people’s houses and looked in their cupboards before accepting their requests for food parcels. As for the reselling, it depends on why you’ve given an item away. If you’ve seen a post where someone’s put ‘I’m in desperate need of a cot for my baby, my little boy is still sleeping in a Moses basket which he’s outgrown and I can’t afford one, could someone please help me’. So you give them an old cot Out of pity that you were maybe thinking of selling, and then find out they’ve taken and sold it. THATS out of order. If you’ve stuck something up for free because you can’t be arsed to sell it though, you can’t blame people for being less lazy than you and making money out of it themselves

LittleBooThang · 08/05/2024 12:47

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